neo muyanga uses a harmonium sruti box (half-harmonium) and old synthesiser from the 70s, a “Korg Trident”. I am on C-flute, alto flute, alto flute head, and I use some whistled pitches and slides and occasional voice with flute. neo says he has done a lot of online sonic work, but he has never played ‘as loose as this’. Place finding by clap (to begin, and align tracks) is always approximate, and delayed sound is also an emotional response. Our thinking: Away? With? Listening? Synchronised? neo calls this session ‘thinking slowly’. (MP)

In this track we are a quintet of players: prepared piano (Pierre-Henri Wicomb), clarinet (Garth Erasmus), Korg synthesiser (Mo Laudi), tuba (Likhona Tokota) and alto flute (Esther Marie Pauw).

Online Play 20_2021-08-11 PH, GE, ML, LT, EMP

Improvisers are Neo Muyanga (korg trident synthesizer), Marietjie Pauw (flutes)


Artwork: 'Openings propel Revolutions' by Jarrett Erasmus, 2018, detail (www.aoinstitute.ac.za landing page)

Online Play 17_2020-09-24 NM, EMP

TERUG BLIK

Garth Erasmus: pvc flute / live electronics

SONG FOR CAMILLE

Africa Open Improvising Collective creates music, improvising freely to explore inter-relational sonic energies. The collective plays at Pieter Okkers House, the home of Africa Open Institute (Stellenbosch), using in-person sessions. The collective explored online sessions in 2020 and 2021. 
Players are:
PHW - Pierre-Henri Wicomb, prepared piano, prepared banjo, blocks, bells, etc.
GE - Garth Erasmus, Khoi bows, bliknsnaar, kriollophone, zahn, pannerak, bass flute, mcinci, saxophone, etc.
EMP - Esther Marie Pauw, C-flute, G-flute, piccolo, prepared angel's harp, etc.
VL - Visser Liebenberg, clarinet
SV - Stephanie Vos, voice
CV - Carina Venter, cello
NM - Neo Muyanga, korg trident synth, sruti box
CS - Cara Stacey, Swazi bows, mbira, flutes, etc.
CvdM - Cristelle van der Merwe, djembe
TvdM - Tertius van der Merwe, acoustic guitar
ML - Mo Laudi. Korg synthesizer, mbira
LT - Likhona Tokota, tuba
JvZ - Jacques van Zyl, electronic neural nets [hashtag blacknoise]
JP - John Pringle, percussion
BJ - Brent January, acoustic guitar
PB - Peter Baxter, table top percussion
MH - Melanie Hufkie, poetry
JV - Juliana Venter, voice
NZ - Niklas Zimmer, percussion
AT - Antoinette Theron, voice
LJ - Liam Jaftha, voice
LB - Lize Briel, uhadi, flute, recycling material
CLE - Coila-Leah Enderstein, prepared piano, mbira, bow
BP - Brett Pyper, double bass
KM - Kā Makāté (Kamil) - acoustic guitar and electric guitar
M - Mana - voice
FR - Francois le Roux, cello and body percussion

Online Play 17_2020-09-24 NM, EMP

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